Richie, the social baby- Eighth week

Every week there is something new happening and it is a wonderful sign of my baby’s development. This week’s developments were cool. We saw one more new side of Richie.
I showed Richie his first day video in the hospital where he was drinking bottle milk and he could not help admiring himself. ;) it was too cute to watch him stare at himself as if seeing his own mirror image. I could not help wondering whether he realized it was him.. whatever it was he definitely liked the person in the video. ;)
He has now learnt to look in the direction of sounds (music, people voices) etc and react to it.

Since it is sunny and hot these days, we thought we could cool ourselves with some ice-cream. While we were eating, this little cutie started looking at us with a relishing look. We gave him a little taste of it.. and he relished it licking his lips and sticking his tongue out for more.. He made “TUCKU TUCKU” sounds and was smiling away to glory. Who wouldn't like ice-creams? The sweet and the cold taste on the tongue? This was the second solid food for him, the first being his 1 month birthday cake cream.

On a weekend, we put Richie in his baby car (pram) and took him for a ride to a nearby park which has a lovely fountain.This was his first ride in his baby car. My hubby and I played frisbee while Richie watched us. He was sleeping like a prince in his gold car (the pram color is gold). He becomes happy when we go out. I guess babies love the green trees and the cool breeze. He looks when we talk to new people and admires them. He is not afraid of strangers.

We had visitors this week. One of my friend with her 3 year old daughter came home. They brought t-shirts, teething toy, socks and bibs for Richie. Lucky guy.!! The daughter played with Richie a lot. They stayed for more than 3 hours. I was surprised Richie did not cry for his feed. How could he stay hungry for such a long time? The next day we had one more friend coming over with her 4 month old son. We share a lot of baby stories and advice as the age difference of our babies is not much. Now now!! My friend stayed for lunch and went home in the evening. This little boy of mine hardly drank milk, conscious of the new people around. Hmmmm, thatz when I realized. He is a social person and knows how to behave when guest are around. He remains quiet till they are around and then does his share of naughtiness. SMART BOY!! I wonder who taught him all that..? Is it inbuilt in babies?